The internet is bringing us the new, democratic future!

… which can look like an awful lot of trivia. The Guardian posts its list of the world’s 50 most powerful blogs. We get political fulminations passing as analysis, sneery celebrity gossip, techno-gadgetry (marvelous term: “geek ephemera”), silly photos of cats, obsessive personal (often sexual) revelations and obsessive sports chatter. But don’t despair. There’s also some […]

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… which can look like an awful lot of trivia. The Guardian posts its list of the world’s 50 most powerful blogs. We get political fulminations passing as analysis, sneery celebrity gossip, techno-gadgetry (marvelous term: “geek ephemera”), silly photos of cats, obsessive personal (often sexual) revelations and obsessive sports chatter.

Jerome Weeks is the Senior Arts Reporter/Producer for KERA. Previously at The Dallas Morning News, he was the book columnist for 10 years and the drama critic for 10 years before that. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre and Men’s Vogue magazines. View more about Jerome Weeks.